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Delbert Mann (I) (1920–2007)

Director | Producer | Actor

Delbert Mann, the Oscar-winning film director, was born Delbert Martin Mann Jr. in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1920. His father moved the family to Nashville, Tennesse, after taking a teaching position at Scarritt College. The young Mann graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he met his future wife, Ann Caroline Gillespie... See full bio »

Born:

Delbert Martin Mann Jr.
in Lawrence, Kansas, USA

Died:

(age 87) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1994 Lily in Winter (TV movie)
 
1994 Incident in a Small Town (TV movie)
 
1992 Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (TV movie)
 
1991 Ironclads (TV movie)
 
1988 April Morning (TV movie)
 
1986 The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story (TV movie)
 
1986 The Last Days of Patton (TV movie)
 
1985 A Death in California (TV mini-series)
– Episode #1.2 (1985)
– Episode #1.1 (1985)
 
1984 Love Leads the Way: A True Story (TV movie)
 
1983 The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (TV movie)
 
1983 Brontë
 
1982 The Member of the Wedding (TV movie)
 
1982 Night Crossing
 
1981 All the Way Home (TV movie)
 
1981 Insight (TV series)
– God's Guerillas (1981)
 
1980 To Find My Son (TV movie)
 
1979 All Quiet on the Western Front (TV movie)
 
1979 Torn Between Two Lovers (TV movie)
 
1978 Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (TV movie)
 
1978 Tom and Joann (TV movie)
 
1978 Home to Stay (TV movie)
 
1978 Love's Dark Ride (TV movie)
 
1978 Breaking Up (TV movie)
 
1977 Tell Me My Name (TV movie)
 
1976 Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (TV movie)
 
1976 Birch Interval
 
1975 A Girl Named Sooner (TV movie)
 
1975 The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (TV movie)
 
1974 The First Woman President (TV movie)
 
1973 The Man Without a Country (TV movie)
 
1972 No Place to Run (TV movie)
 
1972 She Waits (TV movie)
 
1971 Kidnapped
 
1970 Jane Eyre (TV movie)
 
1969 David Copperfield (TV movie)
 
1968 CBS Playhouse (TV series)
– Saturday Adoption (1968)
 
1968 Heidi (TV movie)
 
1968 The Pink Jungle
 
1967 Fitzwilly
 
1966 Mister Buddwing
 
1964 Dear Heart
 
1964 Quick Before It Melts
 
1963 A Gathering of Eagles
 
1962 That Touch of Mink
 
1961 The Outsider
 
1961 Lover Come Back
 
1960 The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
– Crime, Inc. (1960)
 
1958-1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– The Tunnel (1959)
– The Long March (1958)
– The Plot to Kill Stalin (1958)
 
1959 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
– What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 2 (1959)
– What Makes Sammy Run?: Part 1 (1959)
 
1959 Middle of the Night
 
1958 Separate Tables
 
1958 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
– The Red Mill (1958)
 
1958 Desire Under the Elms
 
1951-1957 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– The Gene Austin Story (1957)
– The Chivington Raid (1955)
– The Rabbit Trap (1955)
– The Personal Touch (1954)
– The Power of Suggestion (1954)
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1957 The Bachelor Party
 
1956-1957 Omnibus (TV series)
– Lee at Gettysburg (1957)
– Harvard University Remote (1956)
– The Best Year in the Whole History of the World (1956)
 
1955-1957 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
– Wide Wide World II (1957)
– Our Town (1955)
– The Petrified Forest (1955)
– Darkness at Noon (1955)
– Yellow Jack (1955)
 
1955-1956 Playwrights '56 (TV series)
– You and Me and the Gatepost (1956)
– The Answer (1955)
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
– The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1956)
 
1955 Marty
 
1949-1955 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– Play Me Hearts and Flowers (1955)
– Anatomy of Fear (1955)
– Middle of the Night (1954)
– The Man in the Middle of the Ocean (1954)
– The Mother (1954)
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1952 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– The Von Linden File (1952)
 
1950 Masterpiece Playhouse (TV series)
– Othello (1950)
 
1949 Lights Out (TV series)
– Pengallen's Bell (1949)
 
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1994 Incident in a Small Town (TV movie) (producer)
 
1992 Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (TV movie) (producer)
 
1988 April Morning (TV movie) (producer)
 
1975 The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (TV movie) (producer)
 
1974 The First Woman President (TV movie) (producer)
 
1972 She Waits (TV movie) (producer)
 
1968 CBS Playhouse (TV series) (producer - 1 episode)
– Saturday Adoption (1968) (producer)
 
1966 Mister Buddwing (producer)
 
1964 Quick Before It Melts (producer)
 
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1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Intermission Guest
– The Green Promise (1956) … Intermission Guest
 
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1949 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series) (stage director - 1 episode)
– Damion's Daughter (1949) (stage director)
 
1949 Lights Out (TV series) (associate director - 1 episode)
– Long Distance (1949) (associate director)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (1 title)
1949 I Married a Savage (production manager - as Del Mann)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1997 The Oval Portrait (special appreciation)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
2005 Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Rita (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Inside TV Land: Taboo TV (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Doris Day (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Milton Berle: An All-Star Tribute to 'Mr. Television' (video)
Himself - audience member (uncredited)
 
1996-2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Deborah Kerr: Getting to Know Her (2000) … Himself
– Ernest Borgnine: Hollywood's Uncommon Character (2000) … Himself
– Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act (1998) … Himself
– Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach (1996) … Himself
 
1999 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Rock Hudson (1999) … Himself
 
1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess (video documentary)
Himself (director)
 
1965 Searchers for a Special City (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1964 Milton Fox, Esq. (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1956 The 28th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Best Director Winner
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Memorial Tribute
 
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Other Works:

(1956) Stage: Directed "Speaking of Murder" on Broadway (earliest Broadway credit). Melodrama. Written by Audrey Roos and William Roos. Royale Theatre: 19 Dec 1956-19 Jan 1957 (37 performances). Cast: Brook Byron, Brenda de Banzie, Virginia Gerry, Lorne Greene (as "Charles Ashton")... See more »

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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 646-649. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. See more »

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